EP0840262A3 - Vending machine for dispensing beverage containers - Google Patents

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EP0840262A3
EP0840262A3 EP97308635A EP97308635A EP0840262A3 EP 0840262 A3 EP0840262 A3 EP 0840262A3 EP 97308635 A EP97308635 A EP 97308635A EP 97308635 A EP97308635 A EP 97308635A EP 0840262 A3 EP0840262 A3 EP 0840262A3
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chute
containers
vending machine
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EP0840262A2 (en
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Carl H. Siemsen
Robert A. Abt
Robert John Reese
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Crane Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/28—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are inclined

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Abstract

A vending machine (10) for dispensing beverage containers (20) having a cylindrical side wall forming a body (22) and a neck (24) extending from the cylindrical body. The body has a groove (26) formed therein and extending around the circumference of the body. The vending machine includes at least one chute (46) for storing and dispensing the containers. The chute has a loading end (55) located at an upper end thereof for receiving the containers and a delivery end (58) at a lower end thereof for delivering the containers to a delivery area (60) of the vending machine. The chute has at least two sequential paths. A first path (48) extends generally at a downwardly sloped angled position from the loading end of the chute. A second path (50) extends generally downwardly at an angled position from the first path so that the containers roll along the chute towards the delivery end of the chute. The chute includes a guide member (64) along at least a portion of one of the paths for engaging the groove formed in the body of the container to align the containers along at least a portion of the length of the path.
EP97308635A 1996-10-30 1997-10-29 Vending machine for dispensing beverage containers Withdrawn EP0840262A3 (en)

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US08/739,549 US5806712A (en) 1996-10-30 1996-10-30 Vending machine for dispensing beverage containers
US739549 1996-10-30

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EP0840262A2 EP0840262A2 (en) 1998-05-06
EP0840262A3 true EP0840262A3 (en) 1999-01-13

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JP (1) JPH10172055A (en)
AR (1) AR010539A1 (en)
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CO (1) CO4770911A1 (en)

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US2233379A (en) * 1939-04-19 1941-02-25 Raymond M Cope Bottle dispensing machine
US2315515A (en) * 1939-10-19 1943-04-06 Williams Oil O Matic Heating Dispensing apparatus
US2376960A (en) * 1941-10-23 1945-05-29 James R Clem Vending machine
US3379294A (en) * 1967-01-26 1968-04-23 Vendo Co Serpentine chute for can vender having structure preventing rim interlock
US4287992A (en) * 1978-07-11 1981-09-08 Shimoda Kogyo, Ltd. Rack structure

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MX9708334A (en) 1998-08-30
CA2219281C (en) 2001-01-16
CA2219281A1 (en) 1998-04-30
AR010539A1 (en) 2000-06-28
CO4770911A1 (en) 1999-04-30
US5806712A (en) 1998-09-15
EP0840262A2 (en) 1998-05-06
JPH10172055A (en) 1998-06-26

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